Blog: Illustration
13 September 2012
Noted #44, LDF #10
Graphic design and visual culture at the London Design Festival, 14-23 September 2012.
As the London Design Festival [LDF] enters its tenth year, the organisers are preparing to…
7 September 2012
Slow hand
Three elective design courses at New Zealand’s CoCA demonstrate how the pace of physical printing helps the graphic design process.
The manual qualities of printing slow down the creative process, writes Nick Kapica, and provide…
24 August 2012
Noted #43
Harry Beck’s beasts, Pentagram fakes it, Art Vinyl, undesirable Harry (Potter) and Design Yatra.
Here’s a random-ish selection of (non-Olympic) things that caught our attention in recent weeks. Next…
15 August 2012
Creative countdown
Paul Smith, Giles Duley, GTF and Quentin Jones head the line-up for Here 2012, 21 September
How does a wannabe racing cyclist from Nottingham become one of the foremost creative figures…
11 August 2012
Noted #42
Olympic graphics watch 3 – stamps, steely Jess Ennis, ringing in the data and icons of the Times
More Olympic graphics (and more to come, once the Paralympics get going). Here are some…
6 August 2012
Cats and dogs
Charleston ceramics: the silent messengers of Rob Ryan’s delirious thoughts
Rob Ryan’s paper cuts have made the artist a kind of ‘Keep calm and carry…
3 August 2012
Not pasted over
East German posters are given a place in design history, thanks to Plakat Ost’s exhibition in Berlin
The rituals of telling the story of East Germany have become as tired as the…
31 July 2012
The notes may be fabricated
capitalism, currency, finance, money
Alternative currencies show that money is just an idea that can be redesigned. By Livia Lima
We live in an age when it is difficult to trust our banks, writes Livia…
26 July 2012
The Olympic press gang
Editorial designers get into the fast lane to deliver print for the Games
One big, but largely unsung design challenge of the 2012 Olympic Games has been the…
24 July 2012
Type Tuesday: Presstival
type tuesday
Preview of a late summer festival for British print and type enthusiasts
We like the sound of ‘Presstival’, otherwise known as the annual open day of the…